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• Run will bring hope to many

  PETE Brady, chairman and founder of the Thornbury-based Holding Out Hope charity, is back in training for this year's London Marathon - his seventh "on the trot". read more

• Too many managers

  SIR - A few days ago I received a brochure from South Gloucestershire Council detailing how we should recycle our rubbish when we get our new green bin. read more

• Yate and distrcit diary

  Friday, February 6 7.30pm, Winterbourne, Community Centre. St Peter's Players present Aladdin, Call Carolie on 01454 778348 or Rose on 01454 774240 for tickets. read more

• Post Office raid foiled

  POLICE have appealed for witnesses after an attempted armed robbery at Chipping Sodbury Post Office. read more

• Hospital shake-up 'vital'

  HEALTH bosses are investigating a massive shake-up in hospital services in South Gloucestershire. read more

• Hospital shake-up 'vital'

  HEALTH bosses are investigating a massive shake-up in hospital services in South Gloucestershire. read more

• Police look for snatcher

  AN APPEAL has been made by police after a man snatched £200 from the petrol station at Safeway in Yate. read more

• Grimshaw eyes a rally

  MANGOTSFIELD United manager Martyn Grimshaw has now had five or six weeks in the job and now knows a lot more about the team than when he started. read more

• Honor for great Pat

  SIR - Having seen in the Gazette that Pat Stephens was opening the new Tesco Express, I was delighted that you had picked Pat. read more

• Appeal by travellers fails

  CONTROVERSIAL plans for a permanent travellers' camp on Green Belt land at Westerleigh have been rejected following a public inquiry. read more

• Riding club wins place at nationals

  SEVERN Vale Riding Club are heading to the British Riding Clubs National Indoor Show Jumping Championships for the second year in a row. read more

• Make plans for an incident

  SIR - You will have heard of government emergency plans for nuclear installations like Oldbury Power Station. In an emergency there are stockpiles of potassium iodate tablets intended to protect the public against radioactive iodine that is known to cause thyroid cancer. Radioactive iodine was a major hazard in the Windscale and Chernobyl disasters. read more

• Witnesses sought

  POLICE have appealed for witnesses after two girls were indecently assaulted in Chipping Sodbury. read more

• With the Pirates

  TOMORROW it's at Northampton and revitalised Rovers cannot wait for the game after the mid-morning postponement due to a waterlogged pitch of Saturday's eagerly anticipated tussle with in-form Huddersfield, now rescheduled for Tuesday, February 17. read more

• Councillor 'determined' to save transport scheme

  THE CAMPAIGN to save a community bus service that faces drastic cutbacks has been taken under the wing of Liberal Democrat councillors. read more

• Appeal for fire fighters

  MORE fire fighters are wanted in and around Yate. read more

• Thornbury and District

  Friday, February 6 2pm, Rockhampton Village Hall, Thornbury U3A Cinema Group, Enigma (Joan Goode talks about her time spent at Bletchley Park). 7.30pm, Thornbury, Old Bakery Annexe, Chapel Street, Thornbury Stamp Club, Roger Nailer: Australia. Cyril Saunders: Kings and Queens Portraits. read more

• Get ready for the Alveston express, says chief coach

  BIRTHDAY girl Sally Conway was celebrating in more ways than one at the weekend, having competed at her first senior competition since beginning training at Bisham Abbey. read more

• Appeal for wartime memories

  MEMORIES of a prisoner of war camp in Yate are being requested in a big hunt for information. read more

• A grave day for bridegrooms?

  A CEMETERY near Thornbury could soon be adding matches to its despatches! read more

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